Austin
A medieval English contraction of Augustine, from Latin augustus, “venerable.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
The Texas capital plus the 1990s taste for surname names sent this old form of Augustine up the charts.
Austin appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1986 to 2021. Its biggest year was 1995, when 25,908 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 10 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1996, at No. 9. In 2025 it ranked No. 113 for boys. All told, 443,723 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Austyn (10,101), Austen (9,416), Auston (3,588), Aston (3,257), Astin (609) (total births since 1880)
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| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 609 | No. 175 |
| 1890s | 586 | No. 191 |
| 1900s | 715 | No. 204 |
| 1910s | 3,190 | No. 232 |
| 1920s | 4,259 | No. 253 |
| 1930s | 2,688 | No. 290 |
| 1940s | 2,491 | No. 353 |
| 1950s | 2,208 | No. 428 |
| 1960s | 2,031 | No. 523 |
| 1970s | 4,841 | No. 229 |
| 1980s | 31,307 | No. 59 |
| 1990s | 190,140 | No. 9 |
| 2000s | 112,776 | No. 23 |
| 2010s | 59,130 | No. 58 |
| 2020s | 21,071 | No. 88 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.